Literal (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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adjective
  1. in accordance with, involving, or being the primary or strict meaning of the word or words; not figurative or metaphorical: the literal meaning of a word.
  2. following the words of the original very closely and exactly: a literal translation of Goethe.
  3. true to fact; not exaggerated; actual or factual: a literal description of conditions.
  4. being actually such, without exaggeration or inaccuracy: the literal extermination of a city.
  5. (of persons) tending to construe words in the strict sense or in an unimaginative way; matter-of-fact; prosaic.
  6. of or relating to the letters of the alphabet.
  7. of the nature of letters.
  8. expressed by letters.
  9. affecting a letter or letters: a literal error.
noun
  1. a typographical error, especially involving a single letter.
adjective
  1. in exact accordance with or limited to the primary or explicit meaning of a word or text
  2. word for word
  3. dull, factual, or prosaic
  4. consisting of, concerning, or indicated by letters
  5. true; actual
  6. containing or using coefficients and constants represented by letters: ax² + b is a literal expression
noun
  1. a misprint or misspelling in a text
Literal (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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